- Honour Bound, as told by the company’s Founder Sarosh Zaiwalla, is a candid, frank and fearless journey of the adventures of a leading Indian lawyer in the English courts.
- Reciting the company’s most high profile, challenging and controversial cases, Sarosh Zaiwalla leaves no holds barred as he opens up on everything from his experiences with a Mafia boss to a chance encounter leading to a ten-year association with the Chinese.
- Sarosh Zaiwalla was the first non-European solicitor to establish a firm in the City of London in 1982. Over the years he has been involved in over 1200 cases for both domestic and overseas clients including corporations, state entities and individuals.
5th December London: Zaiwalla & Co. LLP, the sanctions specialist law firm based in the City of London, are set to release a book on the company’s most high-profile cases as told by the company’s Founder Sarosh Zaiwalla. Titled ‘Honour Bound’, the book is an insightful chronicle of the adventures of the international law firm based in Chancery Lane, the heart of London’s legal district. The book is set to release on 18th December in New Delhi, India and will be available from Amazon and all major book stores in India.
Sarosh Zaiwalla founded Zaiwalla & Co. Solicitors in April 1982, overseeing all of the firms activities, which over the years has exported millions of pounds’ worth of legal services in the English Courts. Honour Bound will be the official memoirs of one of India’s greatest law tycoon’s, covering his journey to British shores and his involvement in over 1200 high profile cases including domestic and international litigation, international commercial arbitration, shipping, banking, project finance, energy, company commercial and immigration.
From a turbulent series of cases and an unexpected relationship with a Mafia boss in the mid 1990’s, a successful association with the Government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) resulting from a lunch encounter at the House of Lords, working with the Iranian Government right through the Gandhi families in India and attempting to get then UK Prime Minister Tony Blaire to speak with Saddam Hussein, Sarosh Zaiwalla has a wealth of experience which has been encapsulated in a series of engrossing anecdotals.
Within this elegantly written, detailed account of legal adventures, success, mishaps, trials and tribulations, Sarosh Zaiwalla takes us on a journey of an Indian solicitor vying for the biggest cases overseas as a non-English national. He admits, with some humility, that a small part of his success has been due to good fortune otherwise known as being ‘in the right place at the right time’, yet his memoirs will bring readers closer to the world of a highly successful Indian lawyer in a foreign land, with an international client base.
Coming from a distinguished legal family in Mumbai, Sarosh Zaiwalla arrived in London in the early 1970s to qualify as an English solicitor. Undeterred by the casual racism prevalent at the time, he went on to set up his company, developing a strong international commercial practice with a reputation for taking on and winning contentious ‘unwinnable cases’. At a personal level, he has engaged with world leaders, including Prime Ministers, politicians, the UN Secretary General and the Dalai Lama.
Key Zaiwalla & Co. cases:
- Zaiwalla & Co acted for the President of India in over three hundred Indian shipping maritime arbitration cases in London at a time when the nation was facing an economic crisis and had limited foreign exchange.
- Zaiwalla & Co worked closely with the Gandhi family on numerous occasions. For example, Rajiv Gandhi hired him to defend Special Organising Committee of 9th Asian Games in Delhi in legal proceedings brought in the English Court by Metco, a company from Dubai. He was successful and Mr Gandhi would refer all his friends who require legal services in London to Mr Zaiwalla.
- Zaiwalla & Co have represented countless UAE clients for their cases before the English Court and in London Arbitrations.
- Zaiwalla & Co was the first firm instructed by the Chinese government in UK and the firm had a representative office in China for several years.
- Additionally, Mr Zaiwalla has helped to facilitate numerous contentious issues in China. For instance, the Chinese Ambassador called on his expertise in the handing over of Hong Kong and also to help resolve the India China border dispute. He has also been approached by the Dalai Lama to give advice on how to negotiate the Tibet problem.
- Between 1995 and 2002 Mr Zaiwalla was instructed by the Chinese State Corporations CNPC and Min Metals in possibly the only five international arbitration cases in London involving hundreds of millions of dollars with international companies. It was a fascinating experience for Mr Zaiwalla to work with the Chinese as part of their internal team in the legal cases and gain full understanding of the Chinese culture.
Honour Bound is out on the 18th December and will be available from Amazon and all major book stores in India.
About Zaiwalla & Co. LLP:
Zaiwalla and Co. is an international law firm based in Chancery Lane, City of London, with expertise in arbitration, litigation and mediation.
The firm acts for both domestic and overseas clients including corporations and state entities, as well as individuals. Their practice areas cover both contentious and non-contentious law, including domestic and international litigation, international commercial arbitration, shipping, banking, project finance, energy, company commercial and immigration.
Founded in 1982 by Mr Sarosh Zaiwalla, the first Asian individual to establish a law firm in the City of London, Zaiwalla and Co. Solicitors has been involved in over 1,200 international litigations and arbitrations in the fields of Energy, Maritime and Construction. Previous clients of the firm range from the President of India, the Government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Iranian Government to the Bachchan and Gandhi families in India.
Zaiwalla & Co. Solicitors benefits from the expertise of a strong international team, including specialists in the laws of Russia & CIS, China, India, Middle East and Iran.
For further information, please visit: http://www.zaiwalla.co.uk/
